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CONRAD THOMAS, OF BALTIMORE., MARYLAND, ASSIGN OR OF TWO-THIRDS TOWERNER WINDUS AND J. GEORGE J UNG, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

SPCIPCATIN forming part of Letters Patent o. aaz, ated May 188e.Application filed February 13, i888. Serial No. 263,781. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CONRAD THOMAS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in -Door Stops and Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for stopping and holding doors, and isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure lis ahorizontal section of a wall, doorway,and door,and shows the dooropenand held open by my device. Fig. 2 is a top View, and Fig. 3 is a frontview, of the door stop and holder. Fig. 4 is a side View of the same,the base-plate being in section.

The letter A designates the metal base plate, having a screw-threadedboss, b, and holes c, for screws whereby to attach it to the washboard dof a wall. The stop part comprises a metal arm, E, having two angles, f,(see Fig. 2,) the ends g g of which project in opposite directions. Oneend, g, has a screw-point, b', which is attached to the base-plate byentering the boss thereon. By this construction the projecting arm maybe detached from the plate at any time. The stop-arm E extends parallelwith the base plate and has a cushion, h, against which the door Iabuts. This stoparm prevents the door-knob,or a key that may bein thedoorlock,from striking the wall when the door is opened.

The doonholder comprises arubber disk or roller, J, secured to the outerend, g', of the arm in such manner that when the door I is lshown in thedrawings.

opened and swings against the stop-arm E thel edge k of the door willhave to crowd past the rubber roller J which will both yield and revolveto facilitate its passage. When the door has passed the roller and isagainst the stopcushion h, the roller will hold the door open andprevent the wind from blowing it shut. The rubber roller J is preferablysecured as is bifurcated, as at Z, and the roller is between the twoprongs of the bifurcation and secured by a pivot-pin, m. The bifurcatedends or prongs are broadened and rounded, as at n, and thereby affordbetter bearing to clamp the roller J.

It will thus be seen that this simple and cheap device has a stop armand cushion, h, to stop the door and a rubber roller projected inadvance of the stop-arm to hold the door.

Having described my invention, I claim and dcsireto secure by LettersPatent of the United States The combined door stop and holder,comprising a stop-arm, E, having two right an gles, f, the ends g -g ofwhich project in opposite directions, a base-plate, A, attached to oneend, and a rubber roller, J, secured to the other end, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

CONRAD THOMAS.

Witnesses:

JNO. T. MADDOX, JOHN E. MORRIS.

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